Padma Shree Vaidya Balendu Prakash, with over 40 years of experience and former Physician to the President of India, highlights a critical health crisis: the rocketing incidence of Pancreatitis among young Indians.
During an interaction with patients many of whom are under 30 Vaidya Balendu Prakash established that in the practice at Padaav Ayurveda, clinical observation often speaks louder than books.
The 93% Truth: Your Lifestyle is the Root Cause
The most profound finding from the clinical experience at Padaav is a powerful statistic concerning young male patients:
Vaidya Balendu Prakash reveals: “93% of the young men seeking treatment here share the exact same lifestyle failures: they sleep consistently after 12:00 AM and they skip breakfast.”
This is the non-negotiable link between modern life and disease. The body’s system breaks down (“pagla jata hai”) when its fundamental, natural rhythms are violated.
The Science of “Meri Marzi” (My Will)
The rising burden of Pancreatitis is not just due to isolated triggers; it is a direct consequence of defying the body’s natural clock, known as the Circadian Rhythm.
- Defying Nature: While Pancreatitis has existed globally since the 17th century, its exponential rise in India is modern. Nature demands we follow a rhythm when to sleep, wake, eat, and drink. Today’s youth often declare, “Meri Marzi” (My Will), ignoring the body’s demands.
- The Cost of Night Vigilance (Ratri Jagaran): Staying awake well past midnight, often driven by screen time (social media reels), massively elevates Oxidative Stress hormones in the body. This oxidative stress directly causes inflammation in vital organs like the Liver and Pancreas.
- Melatonin Loss: By staying awake, the body is deprived of Melatonin, the hormone that normally combats and reduces stress and inflammation. The result is a system constantly under attack.
- Skipping the Fuel: Skipping the crucial morning meal (breakfast) further strains the body’s metabolic processes, destabilizing the entire system and paving the way for chronic disease progression.
Pancreatitis is Progression, Not Just Pain
Patients often believe they are fine if the excruciating pain is absent. Vaidya Balendu Prakash corrects this common misconception:
“Pain is not the only sign of Pancreatitis; disease progression is the disease.”
For patients who experience frequent attacks (like Manav), the goal is to stop the pain. For those without pain but with digestive issues and insufficient pancreatic function (like Mandagad, who suffered from severe weight loss and Exocrine Deficiency), the disease is still actively progressing, leading to chronic complications.
The link between Enzymes and Infection: When severe, acute pain strikes, the digestive enzymes (Amylase and Lipase) surge (often to over 2000 or even 16,000 as seen in patient reports). This enzyme surge is a sign of uncontrolled inflammation and autodigestion, not a bacterial infection.
The Path to Recovery: Simplicity and Discipline
Recovery, stabilization, and preventing further progression are achievable, but they demand a complete (fundamental) change in lifestyle.
- Maintain Stable Function: For patients who have already experienced an acute attack (like Prashanjit), the focus shifts from treatment to maintenance. If the body is consistently treated with respect, the pancreas can be kept stable, often for life.
- The Padaav Prescription: The instructions are simple and non-negotiable:
- Sleep on Time.
- Eat on Time.
- Eat Seasonal Food in the correct amount.
- Chronic Progression is Real: Pancreatitis is a progressive disease that does not stop on its own. If a patient remains undisciplined (continues to sleep late, skip meals), the disease will relapse, and the consequences can be fatal.
By restoring the body’s normal metabolism the natural clock the Ayurvedic treatment at Padaav not only treats the symptoms but tackles the lifestyle cause, ensuring the digestive system and the pancreas can function normally again.
